The Description of Data The Analysis of Data

B. Research Findings

1. The Description of Data

As stated in the preceding chapter, that this “Skripsi” is focused, about the descriptive writing errors done by the 8 th grade of SMP Islamiyah Sawangan in writing. The writer identified the errors to get answer what the problem really is. Therefore, the writer marked the sentences containing errors by personal pronouns, spelling, article, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, and non count nouns. Table 1 Type of error in descriptive writing No Personal pronouns Spelling Article Capitalization Subject- Verb Agreement Non count nouns 1 3 - - - - - 2 9 - 3 - 6 - 3 3 - 6 - 6 1 4 3 - - 3 - - 5 9 2 - - 6 - 6 9 2 6 - 6 1 7 8 - 3 3 6 - 8 3 - 3 - - 1 9 3 1 6 3 6 - 10 3 - 1 - 6 1 11 3 1 4 3 6 - 12 - 1 - - - - 13 3 1 3 - 6 - 14 - - 3 - - - 15 3 1 - - 6 - 16 - 2 - - - - 17 9 1 15 6 6 - 18 9 1 3 - - - 19 3 - - 12 6 - 20 3 - - - - - 86 13 56 30 72 4

2. The Analysis of Data

From the data collected, the writer found three aspects of error of the use in the descriptive writing, she marked the sentences containing errors by personal pronouns, spelling, article, capitalization, subject-verb agreement and non count nouns. The identified error could be seen from the table based on the three categories with the explanation and correction. Table 2 Student’s Sentences No Student’s sentences Error Classification Reconstructions 1 Fish : This is a fish. It lives in the water. It’s color is black. It eats things in the water. Zebra : This is a zebra. It lives in the forest. It’s color is black and white. It eats grass. Cat : This is a cat. It lives in the house. It’s color is white. It eats fish and mouse Personal Pronouns : 3x Spelling : - Article : - Capitalization : - Subject-Verb Agreement : - Noncount nouns : - Fish : This is a fish. It lives in the water. Its color is black. It eats pellet. Zebra : This is a zebra. It lives in the forest. Its color is black and white. It eats grass. Cat : This is a cat. It lives in the house Its color is grey. It eats mouse and fish.

2. Fish : This is a fish. Fish Personal Pronouns:9 Fish